Proverbs 21:15
It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 10:29 : 29 The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
- Prov 21:12 : 12 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
- Eccl 3:12 : 12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
- Isa 64:5 : 5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
- Matt 7:23 : 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
- Matt 13:41-42 : 41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; 42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
- Luke 13:27-28 : 27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. 28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.
- John 4:34 : 34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
- Rom 7:22 : 22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
- Job 29:12-17 : 12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. 13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. 14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. 15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. 16 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out. 17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
- Ps 40:8 : 8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
- Ps 112:1 : 1 Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
- Ps 119:16 : 16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
- Ps 119:92 : 92 Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
- Prov 5:20 : 20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
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29 The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
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7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
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3 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
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18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
19 As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
20 They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
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19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
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20 Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
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6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
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12 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
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10 When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
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6 Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
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14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
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10 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
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21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
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15 But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
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42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
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30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
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16 The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
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3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
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23 The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
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11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
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7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
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21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
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27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.
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5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
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12 When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
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10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
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23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
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9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
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31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
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15 Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
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3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
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38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
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15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
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21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
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2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
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15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
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25 But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
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7 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
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19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.